Picture a quiet room with the lights dimmed and the truth humming like a fluorescent bulb: U.S. artist Drew Schueler paints that feeling through his single “mirror,” a standalone project that masquerades as a breakup ballad yet ends a friendship…
Read MoreStreetlights blink, and Estella Dawn presses “send”: “Drunk & Messy” is out, a velvet siren wrapped in glass. The USA-based independent force splices Indie Pop with Adult Contemporary finesse, crafting…
Read MoreStar-bright and softly devastating, Avery Raquel releases “The Letter,” a confessional keepsake dressed in candlelight and courage. The Canadian songwriter situates her Adult Contemporary sensibility inside…
Read MoreCall it a weather report for the soul: Pēlikel’s Okay, Maybe scans the horizon, names the clouds, and stays outside long enough to be rained on. The Montreal-based Lebanese trio—Joey Semaan, Kevin Semaan, and Roy Andraos, with Mark Bitar on drums…
Read MoreCandles don’t heal; the way you breathe beside them does. On her new album project “Soul Alive,” pianist and singer-songwriter Jennifer Harper turns breath into architecture—piano motifs rising like lanterns, melodies locating their own pulse until the room remembers…
Read MoreNeon insomnia wears a borrowed halo at 2 a.m. as the group Midnight Til Morning release “Welcome to LA,” a slow-burn confession that treats the city like a mirage you can hum. Framed as a surprise for fans, the track whispers rather than waves…
Read MoreMexican artist Paulina Chow releases “Blue,” an indie-folk confession from Mexico that hushes the room before it speaks. The project’s name sets the temperature; the mood is chill but lucid, like ocean light slipping under a closed door…
Read MorePicture a lighthouse assembled from old diaries and ticket stubs—that is the aura of Emily Popli’s debut, Lilith Fair Kid. The title nods to the matrilineal beam that guided her—Sheryl Crow’s amber grit, Sarah McLachlan’s chiaroscuro…
Read MoreDutch singer-songwriter David & The Circumstances has unveiled his song “In God We Trust,” a quiet flare against the smoke. The Netherlands outfit frames a non-religious confession inside Acoustic Folk and Adult…
Read MoreOcean Tisdall released “Sugar in His Tea,” a break-up missive steeped in piano hush and unflinching candor. The track opens spare: soft keys, velvety phrasing, breath close to the mic; only later do…
Read MoreSouth African singer-producer Lee Cole releases “Mine,” a confession dressed in adult-contemporary polish, indie-soul afterglow, and a hint of indie-R&B. Built on an uplifting guitar figure…
Read MoreThey say love is a house that keeps rebuilding itself; today Ocie Elliott swing open its door with “By The Way,” the lead single from her upcoming album Bungalow, arriving October 24. The Canadian duo polish…
Read MoreKyle Morgan & Tamar Korn have gently unfastened the latch on time’s forgotten jewelry box, releasing their latest single, Anthem, into the ether—a folk reverie shimmering with lyrical wisdom as relevant today as when first penned in 1992…
Read MoreKristin Chambers has delicately uncorked a bottled storm, releasing her introspective new single, Reconcile, into the ether—a gently swirling folk-ballad that tenderly negotiates a truce with anxiety…
Read MoreSome people are sunflowers—always turning toward validation—but KØLEEN is a wild daisy breaking through sidewalk cracks, uninvited, unapologetic, and gorgeously her own. Her infectious single “I Like It Like That” radiates…
Read MoreHeartbreak, much like fine porcelain, often reveals its hidden artistry only after being delicately shattered; Dubh Lee’s poignant ballad, "My Poor Boy," elegantly encapsulates this intricate mosaic of melancholy…
Read MoreIf memories could be distilled into perfume, Neena Rose’s “I Love You Mama (Even More)” would surely linger as a gentle fragrance—delicate yet enduring, reminiscent of a childhood embrace…
Read MoreLike the hush that settles over canals just before dawn’s first gull shrieks, néomi’s “Trigger” floats onto the surface of folk music with a fragile sheen that begs not to be disturbed. The Dutch‑Surinamese…
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